Tryblidium is a paleozoic genus of Ordovician and Silurian monoplacophorans.
| Tryblidium Temporal range: Ordovician - Silurian
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| Drawing of shells of Tryblidium reticulatum. Head region is on the left. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Tryblidiida |
| Family: | †Tryblidiidae |
| Genus: | †Tryblidium Lindström, 1880[1] |
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Triblidium | |
The generic name comes from the Greek (τρυβλίον), which means patella.[1]
Species
editSpecies in the genus Tryblidium include:[2]
- Tryblidium acutum
- Tryblidium arctica
- Tryblidium erato
- Tryblidium eubule
- Tryblidium exserta
- Tryblidium hyrie
- Tryblidium modestum
- Tryblidium niobe
- Tryblidium nycteis
- Tryblidium ovale
- Tryblidium ovatum
- Tryblidium pileolum
- Tryblidium reticulatum
- Tryblidium rugosum
- Tryblidium simplex
- Tryblidium thorsteinssoni
See also
edit- Triblidium esthonum is a synonym for Pilina esthonum.
- Tryblidium radiatum is a synonym for Helcionopsis radiatum.
- Tryblidium unguis is a synonym for Pilina unguis.
References
edit- ^ a b (in Latin) Angelin N. P. & Lindström G. 1880. Fragmenta Silurica e dono Caroli Henrici Wegelin. Opus studio Nicolai Petri Angelin Inchoatum Jussu et Impensis Academiae Regiae Scientarum Suecicae. Samson & Wallin (Holmiae), 60 pp. Page 15.
- ^ Tryblidium. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 22 August 2009.